Building nice wood

The cocatoo chair prototype from my blog post of 6/5

7/1/09 ... Frames welded and arms on ... more tomorrow

Sam is underway on the cockatoo chairs ... Its going well for him. He made a new jig to make the seats all the same and then we had to figure out how to make all the chairs the same. Once he had the main parts made, we took the prototype and built a frame under it, marking the locations of the various parts and correcting the asymmetries of the prototype by averaging distances of parts from vertical and from center. It seems like it worked well as they all look the same to me ... click the photos to enlarge them ...

the main parts

jig from the back

jig from the front ...

And this from our client ... check it out; its a hoot
http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html

Over the weekend David named this MEGA PROJECT, and for good reason, we were basically a lumber mill without the correct equipment. It was A LOT of cutting! Well go into that more when we post a tutorial ... but for now, check out our progress!


Rough pieces of driftwood were cut down to 1x4 pieces of wood to give a variety of color and texture. LOVE!




Weve finished everything but two edges, then well be almost done with the top!


Youve probably guessed by now, but it is going to be a coffee table for our living room ... check back for progress!